The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-01-28
A SUNSHINE STORY.


Instead of an opening articles
listen, reader, to the following, Old
but ever new, aud catch IFS mean.
ing, for itdRgiif.a sweet, unendlns,
beautiful.
Nov, | am going to tt i story"
said he Wind.
"Excuse me-" said the Rain, "but
now it is my turn; you have been
bowling round the corner AS bard
as ever you could, this long time
past"
ais that your gratitude towards
me 7" said the Wind. II, who, in
honor of you, turn inside ouI-yes,
even break-all the umbrellas.
when people won't have anything
to do with yon'
II am gong to speak y said tie
Sunshine. "SiIence % and the
Sunshine said it with such glory
and majesty that the long, weary
Wind fell prcStrale, and the rain
beat against him, and shook him,
and said: awe won't stand it!
She always breaks through, that
Madam Sunshine; we won't listen
to her. What she says is not
worth hearing
But the Sunshine said "a beau.
tiful swan flew over the rolling,
tumbling waves of the ocean.
Every one of It's feathers shOne like
gold one feather drilted on the
great m marchant vessel, that, with
all sail set, was sailing away The
feather dropped on the curly, light
bair ol young man, whose buSl-
ness It WAS 10 have Il care for the
goods S--SupercargO they called him.
The bird OF fortunes leather touch
ed his forehead, became pen in
his band, aud brought him such
luck, that very soon he became Il
wealthy merchant. rich enough to !
have bought himself spurs of gold
rich enough to change II golden
dish into hOhleman's shield; and |
| shonc on it, sald the Sunshine.
"The swan flew furthe~, away |
over the bright green meadow,
where the little shepherd boy, only |
seven years old. had lain down in
the shadow of the old aAd only tree
there was. The swan, in its flight,
kissed one of the leaves of the tee.
Tue leaf fell into the boys hand,
and 1t was changed to three leaves,
to teu-ycs, toa whole book, aud
in it he read about all the wonders
of nature, about his native Ian
guage, about faith and knowledge.
AT night he laid the book under his
head, that he might not forget what
he had been reading. The wonder
ful book led him to the school
bench, and thence in search of
knowledge. | have read his name
among the names of learned men,
said the Sunshine.
''The swan few into the quiet,
louely forest, rested awhile on the
dark, deep lake, where the water
lilies grow where the wild apples
are to be found Oh the shore
where the cuckoo and wild pigeon
have their homes.
ga poor woman was in the wood,
re-wOOd-branches that
had fallen down, and dry sticks
she carried them in bundle on
her back, and in her arms she held
her little child. She saw the gold
en- swan, the bid of fortune, rise
from among the reeds on the shore.
What was that that glittered ! A
golden egg, quite waIm yet. She
laid it in her bosom, aud the
warmth remained IN it. Surely
there was life IN the egg. She
heard a gentle picking inside of
The shell, but mistOok the sound,
aud thought it was her own heart
that she heard beating.
cat home, in the poor cottage,
she took out the egg; 'tick, tick,0
i said, as If it bad been valuable
gold watch; but that it was not,
Inly an egg-a real, living egg.
rhe egg cracked and opened, aud a {
lear little baby-swan, all teathered
is with the purest gold, put out its {
little head round its neck was tour
ings, and as the poor woman had !
our bOys-three at home, aud the
title Que she had with her in the
onely wood, she understood at s
nee that here was a ring for each 1
10Y; and just as she thought of I
hat, the little gsld-bird took flight.
he kissed each ring. made each Of